Barneys celebrates the Met’s Costume Institute Superheroes Gala with a few heroic window displays. -Via Modelizing Blog

Every pair of shoes is either high, high, high…or just plain flat. The choice: To plod or to totter. -Meredith Barnett via Huffington’s Post

Footwear News interviews shoe designer Giuseppe Zanotti. His take on knockoffs? “..they’re good. I know a lot of the time people buy my shoes to copy them, but I think, “If if my shoes cost $1,000 in the window of my store, why can’t a girl with a love and passion for shoes buy my shoes one season later for $89?” Creativity is [what’s] important to me. I’m always participating in new works, new seasons, new styles, and [that’s why] people copy me every season. I realize it’s part of this business and I prefer they copy me [instead] of Prada and Gucci. There is a DNA inside my shoes, and when you touch them you can tell [immediately].”"

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Shoe heels are soaring to record heights.  Naturally, they are having an impact on the balls of women’s feet.  One podiatrist’s solution? She injects Sculptra to puff up the bottom of her patients’ feet.  Frankly, I prefer to forego the injections and go with low heels. - Via NBC 11

I am woman, hear me teeter  - Via Kat Wilder’s blog

Gladiators gone wrong: Heidi Montag in Givenchy gladiators versus Aerosoles Chrome Body - Via ShoeHunting

For the man in your life, here are shoes every man must own. - Via Forbes.com

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Hip natural shoes in celebration of Eary Day 2008 -Via Elle Tell All’s blog

More bad news for Crocs. Crocs is, again, the subject of safety warnings. -Via ICWales

It’s for the love of shoes. A sixth-grade teacher at Middleburg Elementary School, Ross prides herself on being “the cool teacher” with more than 140 pairs of Chuck Taylor sneakers. She only wears her sneakers on Fridays, so her students never see the same pair twice. -Via Florida Times Union

High heels are known to hurt your feet and cause medical issues, but they may also hinder a victim’s ability to defend herself during a physical attack.   -Via Daily Free Press

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Croc haters may have reason to celebrate. At one point last week, Crocs’ shares fell 43% after lower earnings forcasts and sluggish sales. A Crocs manufacturing plan is also closing in Canada.

At the CMT Awards, Taylor Swift had Faith in going barefoot.

Why does the pope wear red shoes?

If you didn’t see her feet you could confuse her as a professional runner. - Shoewawa on the Stiletto Run

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Converse shoes celebrates its 100th anniversary. Tip of the hat to you, Converse!

There’s a new shoe line that in my mind doesn’t even have a prayer to make it to the 100th anniversary: Paris Hilton launches line of (gaudy) shoes. Visit the link and scroll down for some icky Paris bunion shots (what an unholy word pairing, right there).

Shoes have been used to promote all sorts of causes–Earth day, anti-violence against women (the famous “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” events), helping the homeless, even stimulate an improvement in students’ grades. This time students use them for an anti-smoking campaign. Is there anything shoes can’t do?

Ladies, add another weapon to your relationship arsenal: learn how to judge a man by his shoes. (Take the advice with a boulder of salt, however!)

Have fun in your shoes, everybody!

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